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HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator’s Guide > Chapter 4 Installing, Updating, or Removing vPars and Upgrading Servers with vPars

Installing vPars with Software Distributor

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  1. For the root disk of each virtual partition, use Software Distributor to install HP-UX, desired patches, the Quality Pack bundle, the vPars software bundle, and the desired vPars-related bundles.

  2. Boot the disk that is intended to be the boot disk of the first virtual partition into the normal (non-vPars) HP-UX environment.

    In our example, if the primary path is set to the boot disk of the first virtual partition keira1, the command is:

    • PA-RISC

      BCH> bo pri interact with IPL: n
      NOTE: So that the TERM variable will always be set correctly, you should ensure that the first virtual partition owns the hardware console port. For more information, see “Assigning the Hardware Console LBA”.
    • Integrity

      Shell> fs0: fs0:\> hpux HPUX> boot vmunix
  3. Use ioscan to verify the hardware addresses in your virtual partition plan:

    # ioscan

  4. Create the virtual partitions using the information you prepared in the virtual partition plan.

    For example:

    # vparcreate -p keira1 -a cpu::2 -a mem::1024 -a io:0.0.1 -a io:1.0.0 -a io:1/0/0/3/0.6.0:BOOT # vparcreate -p keira2 -a cpu::1 -a cell:1:cpu::1 -a mem::1024 -a io:1.0.1 -a io:1.0.4 -a io:1/0/4/1/0/4/0.1.0.0.0.0.1:BOOT # vparcreate -p keira3 -a cpu::1 -a mem::1024 -a io:0.0.2 -a io:0.0.0 -a io:0/0/0/3/0.6.0:BOOT
  5. If you are on an Integrity system, set the mode to vPars; otherwise, you will not be able to boot into the vPars environment:

    # vparenv -m vPars

  6. Reboot the system.

    # /etc/shutdown -r

  7. Boot the system to ISL or EFI shell and boot the vPars Monitor and all the virtual partitions:

    • PA-RISC

      BCH> bo pri interact with IPL: y ISL> hpux /stand/vpmon vparload -all
    • Integrity

      Shell> fs0: fs0:\> hpux HPUX> boot /stand/vpmon vparload -all

Your system should now be booted with all virtual partitions up.

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